#WSD_TL: Mathematics

Summer Math/ELA
The St. Louis Cardinals is offering a summer slugger program to help students prevent the summer slide. This appears to be open to 4th and 5th grade students. Please check out the information here. Students who participate can earn a free ticket to the game!

Math Specialist Cohort:

We are so excited to have this opportunity to create a math specialist cohort in our district! The credits for this course can be applied towards your masters or doctorate! While the certification is for grades 1-6, anyone interested can participate!

Please see the following link for more information and join us on April 17th @ 4pm at WMS Library to learn more!

Google Folder with more information

February Notes:

4th Grade Updates from 2/21/18:
Today 4th grade completed the Data Analysis Assessment, which is Unit 9. We then looked at the Item Specifications from DESE for each standard and made sure that the district assessments aligned. The following changes to assessments were made...

- multi-step word problems were added to Unit 2 and Unit 3

- Number patterns on Unit 2 were changed to only include one operation

- The Multiples question on Unit 3 was changed to only include the first 5

- A multiplying a fraction by a whole number question was added to Unit 5 to include a product greater than 1

- Types of triangles were added to Unit 8

During the Geometry unit, students should focus on quadrilaterals and triangles. We will specify this in the curriculum documents for next year.

Kindergarten:

1. The assessments (in the team drive under the assessment folder) are to there to
help you assess the students. There may be times where your professional judgement
can be used (example/ if a student(s) are demonstrating they can count numbers or
write to the given number during classwork, you do not need to give a formal assessment).
In place of these assessments you can at times use teacher observation, classroom data
and /or SGA scores (which is a required assessment). If you are unsure, feel free to reach out
to Katherine Schack.
2. If you are needing additional resources, please see the Unit Resources document on
the Team Drive. There you will find a resource/activity for each key skill in the curriculum..
**** COMING SOON ****

1st Grade: Meeting later this month

2nd Grade:

~ Assessments and Scoring Guides have been updated to fix any errors found
in the first semester.

~ Spring SGA complete and will be shared soon!

~ Complete Resource List by unit developed and ready for Team Drive.
*** COMING SOON ***

~ Discussed possible unit changes for next year:

2018-2019 Math Unit Order

Number Sense
Addition/Subtraction

Money Part 1

Multiplication/Division 2, 5, 10

Measurement

Multiplication/Division 3, 4

Time

Money Part 2

Geometry/Fractions

Data Analysis

3rd Grade: Worked on both the regular and alternate versions of the assessments.
Please let Katherine Schack know if you find any errors.
More are being uploaded throughout the week.

4th Grade: Worked on the next unit assessments.
The team will be meeting again later this month to finish up the assessments.

5th Grade:

Created assessments for Unit 4B, Unit 5 and Unit 6
Created alternate assessments for Units 4A and 4B

As we were creating the assessments for the final units, we noticed some
overlapping of targets and looked closely at how to make the progression flow for
next year. We noticed in Unit 4A part 2, there were some higher level questions
on the Cartesian plane that should really be in a later unit. We used some of the
problems again on the later test, where they should actually be taught.
FYI - so you may see a repeated question on a test THIS YEAR!!!

Next year, we would like to make Algebra Unit 5 (this year it is 6) and Data Analysis
Unit 6 (this year it is 5) so that the flow of the Cartesian Plane will be as follows:

Unit 4B -the learning target should be just to identify points on a Cartesian
plane
Unit 5 Algebra- will have the learning target where students are actually
plotting the points into the quadrant
Unit 6-Data Analysis- the learning target will be to analyze the data from
the points on the graph

January Notes:
This month I will be spending time in classrooms:

Introducing Breakout Boxes
Introducing Digital Breakouts
Modeling Lessons

I would love to come into your room next! Email me if interested!

October Notes:

Curriculum teams are continuing to meet each quarter to update assessments. As we move along, we have noticed some slight errors that needed to be fixed. I will update here as those are made.

2nd grade-

Unit 2: Assessment updated.
Unit 3: Assessment updated.
Unit 4 Scale (Under 3.0) had 3s and 4s listed. This has been removed as the unit is only covering 0s, 1s, 2s, 5s, and 10s.
Unit 5: Assessment updated.
Unit 6: Proficiency Scale created
Unit 7: Proficiency Scale created
Unit 8: Assessment updated & Proficiency Scale created
Unit 9: Curriculum Document updated, assessment updated, proficiency scale created
Unit 10: Assessment updated, proficiency scale created

3rd grade-

Added additional timed tests for addition, subtraction, and multiplication.
Updated Unit 3 curriculum document.
Added Unit 3 Alternate Assessment
Added Unit 4 assessment.

5th grade-

Unit 3A regular assessments had some typos that have now been corrected
Units 3A & 3B alternate assessments are now on Team Drive
Unit 4A (Parts 1 & 2) regular assessment has been added

6th grade-

Added answer sheets in the assessment folder
Updated Unit 1 & 5 assessments

7th grade-

Answer keys for Units 1-6 have been created
Units 1 & 2 assessments have been updated

September Notes:

During the end of August/beginning of September, the K-8/MS Algebra curriculum team members met to review the current curriculum and assessments. Some minor tweaks were made to ensure the desired learning goals and targets are being taught. The teams also continued their work on assessments. Please make sure you are checking the Team Drive for the most current documents.

Anyone interested in attending a math PD will need to go through their building for funds and permission to attend.